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24 November 2025
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.
24 November 2025
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)).
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) during this planned maintenance period.
An $8 million grant program has supported industry to scale up production of the methane-inhibiting seaweed, Asparagopsis.
The Australian Government High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) Preparedness Taskforce partnered with Dairy Australia in December 2024 to commission an independent risk assessment of H5 HPAI (referred to as H5 bird flu) in Australian dairy cattle.
The report was completed in September 2025. It provides guidance on preparedness and response measures for industry and government. It also provides rapid risk appraisals for other livestock sectors including:
The Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP) was launched on 7 November 2022 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. Australia is a founding member of the FCLP, alongside 26 other countries and the European Union.
The FCLP is a voluntary group that works together to accelerate global climate action through forest-based solutions.
The FCLP takes forward the COP26 Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use to:
14 November 2025
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the check status function within the Post Entry Biosecurity System.
As of: 12:05am Friday 14 November 2025 (AEDT).
Between 11:52am Thursday 09 October 2025 and 12:05am Friday 14 November 2025 (AEDT), the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS), had been experiencing an unplanned service disruption.
13 November 2025
Customs brokers who use the External Broker Website.
Service Disruption start time:
As of: 08:00 Monday 10 November 2025 (AEDT).
Detail:
The External Broker Website is currently experiencing an unplanned outage. As a result, clients are unable to access this system.
13 November 2025
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with digital identity to access’ pathway.
12 November 2025
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.
